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dylanb02 07-13-2008, 04:29 AM Okay, Hi..
I'm currently going to inherit my Dad's 06' Cobalt its, an LS 4 door i believe.
it's in a mettallic purple..
yea flaming, i know..
I personally dont want my car to be all looks..
I do want a body kit and a paint job.
i was looking at the DRIFTER 2 body kit.
I want to go black with the paint color,
iam wondering if i could keep a $5000 dollar budget?
here are some things i want
Body Kit
Paint Job
Sound System
Performance Enhancing Parts. ( MORE HP)
Anyone have any ideas?
oh, and i forgot to mention
tires and wheels. also.
boostaddict 07-13-2008, 04:31 AM the only way you're staying at $5000 with that list is if you do cheap shit. a good paint job alone can be $3000 plus body kits are usually around $1000...there's $4000 right there. maaco does not paint well. you want a good shop. also, a good sound system can be pricey too. with mine, all I did was replace the head unit, sub and amp and I was still at about a $1000. I also bought good shit. good luck man
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 04:46 AM yea,
i just want to go
jet black..
are you sure around 3000$?
i can hold off on the sound system for the time being..
lol.
dubbleduecer 07-13-2008, 04:52 AM just sell it and buy what you want.....????? unless it hold some sentimental value or something.
chevy is doing a deal right now if you trade in your car u get 0% finance...????
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 04:54 AM yea tho,
i have the money
and this is the kind of car i want..
my dad has it paid off.
and it has 96k kms on it
he said hed sell it to me for a measly 3 grand..
so i want it lol :)
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:08 AM i'd go wit wheels, paint and lowering springs. might be able to keep it around 5k.
ColeJJones 07-13-2008, 05:10 AM Okay, Hi..
I'm currently going to inherit my Dad's 06' Cobalt its, an LS 4 door i believe.
it's in a mettallic purple..
yea flaming, i know..
I personally dont want my car to be all looks..
I do want a body kit and a paint job.
i was looking at the DRIFTER 2 body kit.
I want to go black with the paint color,
iam wondering if i could keep a $5000 dollar budget?
here are some things i want
Body Kit
Paint Job
Sound System
Performance Enhancing Parts. ( MORE HP)
Anyone have any ideas?
oh, and i forgot to mention
tires and wheels. also.
hahhhahha, a sedan base model with that stuff.... cough rice cough.
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:14 AM i'd go wit wheels, paint and lowering springs. might be able to keep it around 5k.
good idea, might just take that.
hahhhahha, a sedan base model with that stuff.... cough rice cough.
it was intentionally ment to be a family car..
but turned into a work vehicle since we bought an 08 tacoma
but yea.. i want to make the car look nice too..
in the near future i hope to get performance inhancements...
anyone have any ideas?
everything is stock, except it has an SS body kit. already installed.
darrion 07-13-2008, 05:16 AM hahhhahha, a sedan base model with that stuff.... cough rice cough.
i wanna know why everyone thinks that you cant do anything with anything other then ss im mean god forbid that you try to mod an lt or ls coupe or sedan all you get is flamed why is that
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:20 AM keep the SS kit man, IMO its the best looking one out there. thats kinda crucial info, you shoulda said that in the first post, haha
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:22 AM yea i dont think they realize that even if the Cobalt is SS
its still slow,
so why not make it look nice regardless of speed,
im sure anyone could tweak a few things to make it somewhat moderate speed
keep the SS kit man, IMO its the best looking one out there. thats kinda crucial info, you shoulda said that in the first post, haha
haaha, sorry, some guy pulled out infront of 4 lanes in Vancouver and we smoked him , tboned it was the guys fault, he took care of all finances of repairs, and when my dad got the car back, he relized the front bumper and side skirts were different.
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:26 AM pics or ban.
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:28 AM pics or ban.
well, tommorow, i can take pics..
sorry man i didnt mean to be a nusance..
im just new to this CobaltSS thingy..
ill take pics in the morning and post them up
:twothumbs
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:33 AM haha not a nuisance, it's just what we say when we want to see pictures.
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:34 AM okay haha,
ill post a few in the morning?
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:36 AM hells yes. i saw a purple one once, and i think you should paint it, haha. you van make any color look good if oyu do the right things too it, good luck man, and welcome to the site!
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:40 AM thanks man ,
got any ideas on pricing of paint?
ColeJJones 07-13-2008, 05:42 AM keep the SS kit man, IMO its the best looking one out there. thats kinda crucial info, you shoulda said that in the first post, haha
yea, if it already has an ss kit, leave it. those are clean
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:44 AM the guy above said 3k, but that would be almost show quality if only one color. i would say about a 1000 to 1500 would get you a good black. just find a reputable bodyshop that does a lot of insurance repairs, they usually do a good job.
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:49 AM yea, if it already has an ss kit, leave it. those are clean
okay will do.
the guy above said 3k, but that would be almost show quality if only one color. i would say about a 1000 to 1500 would get you a good black. just find a reputable bodyshop that does a lot of insurance repairs, they usually do a good job.
yea i was thinking 3 grand was a little over the top.
okay, thanks..
do you know any performance parts that will give me more HP?
btw.. i know a bit about cars..
im only 17..
so explain in detail things :D
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 05:52 AM go look in the 2.2 performance tech section of the forums, that will help you more than i can. the usual thing people do is I/H/E Intake/Headers/Exhaust. 2.2'sa ren't really performance oriented, but you can get them there. you can buy more agressive cams, and get a tune, but i wouldn't recommend that until you learn more
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 05:58 AM okay thanx
ColeJJones 07-13-2008, 06:03 AM take that 5gs you got and by a turbo kit... thats what i would do definitely
http://turbosystem.com/ProjectVehicles/New_Folder/Cobalt/Cobalt%2022L%20Page.htm
or this one
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/products/turbo_kits/ChevroletCobalt.htm#Garrett2.2L
is it an automatic or manual? if manual i would get the alpha kit
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 06:04 AM take that 5gs you got and by a turbo kit... thats what i would do definitely
http://turbosystem.com/ProjectVehicles/New_Folder/Cobalt/Cobalt%2022L%20Page.htm
or this one
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/products/turbo_kits/ChevroletCobalt.htm#Garrett2.2L
is it an automatic or manual? if manual i would get the alpha kit
manual.
ColeJJones 07-13-2008, 06:06 AM hell yea, get the Alpha kit, its the same one on the Hahn page as well
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 06:08 AM yea ahah,
but i dont want to be riding around in a purple grape.
hahha
ls1fbody 07-13-2008, 06:34 AM they won't be laughing at your purple grape when you smoke them, haha.
cole is right though, you've already got one of the best body kits, it all matches, and the turbo kit would be all the performance you need, for now.
also, the hahn/garrett kit is with the stock exhaust, add, full exhaust, and you'd be breaking 200 easily.
dylanb02 07-13-2008, 03:50 PM okay, sounds good man.
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